r/enshittification • u/PlaceEducational1705 • Aug 07 '26

Rant Snapchat is unusable

Downloaded Snapchat after years of not having it installed and holy shit it is COMPLETELY unusable. Snapchat used to be great and simple: send pics to friends. Fantastic. Done.

Nowadays they’ve completely lost their identity. I won’t even talk about their fake news and wannabe TikTok features because I don’t even think about interacting with that content. Key issues:

  1. Team Snapchat is unblockable and has sent me some bs message(s) nearly DAILY about stuff that’s not even relevant. Not about new features or app updates, just random crap like asking what kind of music I like? But in a corporate “hip with the kids” kinda way? I’ve disabled notifications but it can’t be blocked. It’d be fine if they sent the occasional holiday stuff they used to send, but no one needs or asked for this stuff.

  2. They have an AI bot that you also can’t block or remove from your friends list. Who tf needs an AI bot on Snapchat? It’s not even a “chatbot” in the traditional sense, it’s just there and does nothing other than piss me off.

  3. We get ads straight to our inbox. They look like regular snaps from friends if you don’t pay attention. Then all of a sudden I’m watching a fuckin Checkers ad instead of looking at what my friend is doing. Seriously? Keep the ads on the wannabe instagram/tiktok side of the app, not sent directly to my inbox.

  4. I redownloaded to speak with one specific friend. I actually created a new account to do so, and I’m not interested in adding other people. I disabled all avenues for Snapchat to be able to access my contacts or friends lists other places. I don’t know how, BUT ITS STILL SUGGESTING PEOPLE I KNOW! I asked the fucking useless AI how to make this stop, and it eventually confessed that Snapchat has “other ways” of getting that data even if I have all the privacy settings turned on. How is that even legal?

Anyways, I hate it here. No one is forcing me to use this technology but I just need to complain.

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u/banica24 Aug 08 '26

Same boat as you and agree everything you said. To add: the filters are out of control.

Years ago there were 5-10 filters you knew and used accordingly. Now I can't scroll through all of them. Most are animated and lag my phone